Colon & Rectal Surgery
John Robert Andrews
Anal, colon, and rectal cancer; anorectal disorders; sphincter preservation. Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest. 847-234-4310
Amy L. Halverson
Colon and rectal cancer and surgery; fecal incontinence; laparoscopic surgery; sphincter preservation. Northwestern Memorial. 312-695-0990
Neil H. Hyman
Colon and rectal cancer; IBD. UChicago Medicine. 888-824-0200
Sanath S. Kumar
Colon and rectal cancer; minimally invasive and robotic surgery. Advocate South Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest. 708-460-8081
Slawomir Marecik
Anorectal disorders; colon and rectal cancer and surgery; fecal incontinence; robotic surgery. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge. 847-759-1110
Anders F. Mellgren
Anal cancer; anorectal disorders; colon and rectal cancer and surgery; fecal incontinence. UI Health. 312-996-9646
Joseph P. Muldoon
Anal, colon, and rectal cancer; anorectal disorders; IBD. NorthShore University HealthSystem. 847-570-1700
Theodore J. Saclarides
Anal cancer; anal fissure; colonoscopy; diverticulosis and diverticulitis; fecal incontinence; fistula; IBD; laparoscopic surgery; pelvic organ prolapse; rectal cancer and sphincter preservation; transanal endoscopic microsurgery. Rush University Medical Center. 312-942-5500
Michelle I. Slogoff
Anal, colon, and rectal cancer and surgery; anal disorders and reconstruction. Northwestern Medicine Delnor, Geneva. 630-208-7874
Scott A. Strong
Colon and rectal cancer and surgery; Crohn’s disease; minimally invasive surgery; ulcerative colitis. Northwestern Memorial. 312-695-6868
Steven J. Stryker
Colon and rectal cancer; IBD; laparoscopic surgery. Northwestern Memorial. 312-695-9393
Jeffrey Zawacki
Colon and rectal cancer and surgery; minimally invasive surgery. Amita Health Adventist Medical Center, Hinsdale. 708-484-0621
Neurological Surgery
George K. Bovis
Aneurysm; arteriovenous malformations; brain tumors; stereotactic radiosurgery. Amita Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village. 847-981-3630
Richard W. Byrne
Acoustic neuroma; brain tumor, epilepsy and surgery; medulloblastoma; meningioma; neuroendocrine tumor; neurofibromatosis type 1; neurosurgery; pituitary surgery and tumors; schwannoma; sinus and skull base tumors and surgery; stereotactic surgery; vagus nerve stimulation. Rush University Medical Center. 312-942-6644
James P. Chandler
Brain tumors; gliomas; neuro-oncology; skull base surgery. Northwestern Memorial. 312-695-8143
Fady T. Charbel
Acoustic neuroma and schwannoma; cerebral aneurysm; moyamoya disease; skull base tumors and surgery. UI Health. 312-355-0510
Herbert H. Engelhard III
Brain and spinal cord tumors; hydrocephalus. UI Health. 312-355-0510
Sergey Neckrysh
Minimally invasive surgery; skull base tumors and surgery; spinal surgery. UI Health. 312-355-0510
Dimitrios Nikas
Brain and spinal cord tumors. Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn. 708-684-1013
Russ P. Nockels
Complex spinal surgery; spinal cord injury. Loyola Medicine. 888-584-7888
Vikram Prabhu
Brain, pituitary, and skull base tumors; meningioma. Loyola Medicine. 888-584-7888
Szymon S. Rosenblatt
Brain tumors; cerebrovascular surgery; skull base tumors and surgery; spinal cord disorders. Amita Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village. 847-981-3630
Matthew J. Ross
Brain and spinal tumors; spinal surgery. Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage, Winfield. 630-393-2222
John R. Ruge
Brain tumors; Chiari malformations; hydrocephalus. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge. 847-723-9052
Tadanori Tomita
Hydrocephalus; neuro-oncology. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. 312-227-4220
Orthopedic Surgery
Samer Attar
Bone and soft tissue tumors; hip and knee replacement; prosthetic hip and knee revision. Northwestern Memorial. 312-695-6800
Steven Gitelis
Bone cancer; bone grafting; chondroblastoma; Ewing’s sarcoma; hip and knee replacement; limb-sparing surgery; soft tissue sarcoma. Rush University Medical Center. 312-432-2397
Rex Haydon
Bone cancer; bone and soft tissue tumors; Ewing’s sarcoma; metastatic bone tumors. UChicago Medicine. 773-834-3531
Terrance D. Peabody
Bone and soft tissue tumors; limb-sparing surgery. Northwestern Memorial. 312-695-6800
Plastic Surgery
Jacob Bloom
Breast reconstruction; cancer reconstruction. Amita Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village. 312-549-8691
David Woosuk Chang
Breast and cancer reconstruction; microsurgery. UChicago Medicine. 888-824-0200
Victor G. Cimino
Breast reconstruction; maxillofacial surgery. Loyola Medicine. 888-584-7888
Joseph L. Daw Jr.
Breast reconstruction. Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage, Winfield. 847-259-1000
Neil A. Fine
Breast reconstruction; microsurgery. Northwestern Memorial. 312-266-6240
Peter D. Geldner
Breast reconstruction. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. 312-981-4440
Karol A. Gutowski
Breast reconstruction; reconstructive surgery. NorthShore University HealthSystem. 847-786-5200
Lawrence H. Iteld
Breast reconstruction. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. 312-757-4505
George Kouris
Breast reconstruction; nipple-sparing mastectomy. Rush University Medical Center. 708-354-4667
Raphael Carl Lee
Abdominal wall reconstruction; pelvic reconstruction after cancer; peripheral nerve surgery; reconstructive plastic surgery after burns. UChicago Medicine. 888-824-0200
McKay McKinnon
Birthmarks, tumors, and vascular anomalies; facial tumors; neurofibromatosis. Amita Health St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago. 312-335-9566
Stefan Mark Szczerba
Breast reconstruction. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge. 847-853-9900
Anthony P. Terrasse
Breast reconstruction; minimally invasive surgery. NorthShore University HealthSystem. 847-234-2400
Gregory A. Turowski
Breast reconstruction; reconstructive surgery. NorthShore University HealthSystem. 847-674-4646
Darl Vandevender
Breast reconstruction; cancer reconstruction. Loyola Medicine. 888-584-7888
Robert Lee Walton Jr.
Breast reconstruction; ear reconstruction; nasal reconstruction. Amita Health St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago. 312-337-7795
Lawrence S. Zachary
Breast reconstruction. UChicago Medicine. 888-824-0200
Surgery
Peter Angelos
Adrenal cancer and tumors; pheochromocytoma; thyroid and parathyroid cancer and surgery. UChicago Medicine. 888-824-0200
David Jason Bentrem
Cancer surgery; gastrointestinal cancer and surgery; hepatobiliary surgery. Northwestern Memorial. 312-695-1130
John Joseph Brems
Hepatobiliary surgery; liver and pancreatic cancer; liver transplant. Advocate Sherman Hospital, Elgin. 224-359-0100
Charles K. Brown
Gastrointestinal cancer and surgery; melanoma; peritoneal carcinomatosis; sarcoma. Amita Health Adventist Medical Center, La Grange. 708-579-0018
Gia M. Compagnoni
Breast cancer and surgery; minimally invasive surgery. Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington. 847-381-8161
Mark M. Connolly
Gastrointestinal problems. Amita Health St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago. 773-472-3427
Daniel J. Douglas
Breast cancer and surgery; laparoscopic surgery. Amita Health Adventist Medical Center, Hinsdale. 630-790-1700
Sara J. Fredrickson
Breast cancer and surgery. Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage, Winfield. 630-307-7799
John J. Fung
Biliary and liver cancer; kidney and liver transplant; laparoscopic surgery. UChicago Medicine. 888-824-0200
Giovanni Giannotti
Cancer surgery; critical care. Amita Health Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center Chicago. 773-541-8100
Constantine V. Godellas
Breast cancer; melanoma; sarcoma. Loyola Medicine. 888-584-7888
Nora Marie Hansen
Breast cancer risk assessment; high-risk breast cancer; sentinel node surgery. Northwestern Memorial. 312-695-0990
Roger D. Hurst
Crohn’s disease and IBD; gastrointestinal surgery; minimally invasive surgery; ulcerative colitis. UChicago Medicine. 888-824-0200
Nora Jaskowiak
Breast, parathyroid, and thyroid cancer and surgery; endocrine tumors. UChicago Medicine. 855-702-8222
Seema A. Khan
Breast cancer and surgery. Northwestern Memorial. 312-695-0990
Joubin Khorsand
Breast cancer and surgery; gallbladder surgery. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge. 847-299-8844
Lawrence M. Krause
Breast cancer and surgery. NorthShore University HealthSystem. 847-570-1700
Barbara L. Krueger
Breast cancer and surgery. Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn. 708-346-4055
Fred A. Luchette
Colon and rectal cancer and surgery; Crohn’s disease; gastrointestinal surgery. Loyola Medicine. 888-584-7888
Ajay V. Maker
Gastrointestinal cancer. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. 773-296-7089
Amrit Mangat
Breast cancer and surgery. Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage, Winfield. 630-790-1700
Elizabeth M. Marcus
Breast cancer and surgery. John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. 312-864-2306
Michael Martirano Jr.
Breast cancer, gastrointestinal, and minimally invasive surgery. Edward Hospital, Naperville. 630-790-1700
Heidi Memmel
Breast cancer and surgery. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge. 847-723-3100
Keith W. Millikan
Achalasia cancer surgery; carcinoid tumor; esophageal, liver, pancreatic, and stomach cancer; esophagectomy; gastrointestinal, heartburn, and liver surgery; GERD; laparoscopic surgery; Nissen fundoplication; pancreatectomy; Whipple procedure. Rush University Medical Center. 312-942-5500
James Michael Millis
Biliary surgery; liver cancer, surgery, and transplant. UChicago Medicine. 888-824-0200
Louis C. Montana
Breast cancer and surgery; gallbladder surgery; laparoscopic surgery. Edward Hospital, Naperville. 630-790-1700
Mitchell C. Posner
Esophageal, gastrointestinal, and pancreatic cancer. UChicago Medicine. 855-702-8222
Kevin Roggin
Gastrointestinal cancer and surgery. UChicago Medicine. 855-702-8222
Barry S. Rosen
Breast cancer and surgery; minimally invasive surgery. Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington. 847-381-8161
Paul Strohmayer
Breast cancer and surgery; laparoscopic, minimally invasive, and robotic surgery. Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville. 847-856-2525
Cord Sturgeon
Endocrine surgery; parathyroid and thyroid cancer and surgery. Northwestern Memorial. 312-695-0990
Mark S. Talamonti
Gastrointestinal cancer and surgery; liver and pancreatic cancer; sarcoma. NorthShore University HealthSystem. 847-570-1700
Michael Warso
Breast, gastrointestinal, and pancreatic cancer; sarcoma. UI Health. 312-355-4300
Jeffrey D. Wayne
Gastrointestinal and liver cancer; melanoma; soft tissue sarcoma. Northwestern Memorial. 866-587-4322
John H. White
Cancer and laparoscopic surgery. Northwestern Medicine Delnor, Geneva. 630-377-5300
David J. Winchester
Breast cancer and surgery. NorthShore University HealthSystem. 847-570-1700
Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Syed Osman Ali
Thoracic outlet syndrome. Loyola Medicine. 888-584-7888
Rudolph A. Altergott
Cardiac surgery; coronary artery surgery; heart valve surgery. Amita Health St. Joseph Medical Center, Joliet. 708-747-4000
Carl L. Backer
Congenital heart disease in adults. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. 312-227-4240
Mamdouh Bakhos
Heart and lung transplant; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; minimally invasive cardiac surgery; mitral heart valve surgery. Loyola Medicine. 888-584-7888
Husam Balkhy
Atrial fibrillation; coronary artery surgery; minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery. UChicago Medicine. 888-824-0200
Jessica S. Donington
Barrett’s esophagus; cardiac cancer and tumors; mesothelioma; thoracic cancers. UChicago Medicine. 855-702-8222
Mark K. Ferguson
Esophageal and lung cancer; mesothelioma; minimally invasive surgery. UChicago Medicine. 855-702-8222
Bryan K. Foy
Heart transplant; LVAD. Edward Hospital, Naperville. 630-416-8500
Paul J. Gordon
Lung cancer and surgery; thoracic surgery. Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn. 708-346-4065
John G. Grieco
Cardiac and heart valve surgery; coronary revascularization. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove. 630-324-7913
Thomas Hinkamp
Aortic, cardiac, and heart valve surgery; thoracic aortic aneurysm. Northwestern Medicine McHenry. 815-759-4699
Valluvan Jeevanandam
Artificial heart devices; heart transplant; minimally invasive heart valve surgery. UChicago Medicine. 773-702-2500
Axel Joob
Aneurysm; cardiovascular and coronary artery surgery. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge. 847-723-1550
Michael Liptay
Esophageal, lung, and thoracic cancer; chest and neuroendocrine tumors; esophagectomy; esophagus disorders; hyperhidrosis; minimally invasive surgery; neuroendocrine tumor; thoracoscopic surgery; video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Rush University Medical Center. 312-738-3732
Malek Massad
Coronary artery, heart valve, and lung surgery; heart and lung transplant. UI Health. 312-355-4300
Patrick M. McCarthy
Atrial fibrillation ablation surgery; heart valve surgery. Northwestern Memorial. 312-695-4965
Edwin McGee Jr.
Heart failure and transplant; heart valve surgery; mechanical assist devices. Loyola Medicine. 888-584-7888
Patroklos S. Pappas
Cardiac and robotic surgery; LVAD. Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn. 708-346-4040
Jeffrey P. Schwartz
Aortic aneurysm; cardiac surgery; heart and lung transplant. Loyola Medicine. 888-584-7888
Wickii Thambiah Vigneswaran
Lung transplant; mesothelioma; thoracic cancer and surgery. Loyola Medicine. 888-584-7888